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This is still at the scene.

Chief was surprised and a little frightened to see Vargas just milling around. He hesitantly walked over to the man, not wanting to scare him. As he got closer to Vargas Boden could hear the man's ragged breathing. Boden hesitantly touched Vargas' shoulder to get his attention. Despite his efforts Vargas still jumped as he turned to see who was touching him. "Jose what's wrong?" Boden tried to sound compassionate yet serious at the same time.

"Everything." Boden's heart broke at the shakiness in the normally stoic voice.

"Can I take your heart rate?" He wasn't sure whether or not Vargas needed to see Dawson or Shay. Vargas nodded his head in response to Chief's question so he grabbed the man's wrist and started counting while he looked at his watch. Vargas' heart rate was way too high. Chief lightly grabbed Vargas' shoulder and looked down to meet Vargas' frightened eyes. "I'm thinking Dawson or Shay could help you more than I could right now." Chief spoke quietly but firmly. "What do you think about me taking you over there so they can take care of you? I will let them know what's going on and I promise they won't tell anyone. I'll tell the rest of the guys I just sent you over to be cautious."

"That sounds good." Vargas tried to make his voice sound firm but it didn't work well.

Casey had Sarah on his lap sitting on the back of the ambulance. He was pleased when Shay had said the damage didn't seem that bad. The only reason Casey was still with her was because Sarah hadn't recognized anyone as either of her parents yet. Sarah had been babbling for a while "…at school my teacher's name is Mr. Morlan and my best friend's name is Stacy…" Casey just loved kids, he loved how they could babble on and on with little to no prompting. He loved how much trust they had how unconditionally they would love. When he looked up from Sarah Casey was surprised to see Chief passing a nervous looking Vargas to Dawson.

"Sarah I'll be right back ok?" As he stood up he put her back on the ambulance and went over to Vargas and Dawson. "What's up guys?" As he reached the two he put a hand on Vargas' upper arm.

"I'm not doing so great Lieutenant." Vargas spoke quietly.

"A panic attack?" He wanted to confirm. Vargas gave a small nod.

"I'm just going to have him take a seat in the back of the ambo and took him up so we can keep an eye on his vitals." It was then Casey felt a tug on his uniform and turned to see Sarah.

"I found my parents. I'm going to go see them. Thank you Mr. Casey." She smiled and ran away to two waiting adults. Casey was now able to turn his full attention to Dawson and Vargas.

"Vargas I'm going to use this to keep an eye on your vitals, Casey is going to stay and talk with you and monitor things. Ok?" Vargas nodded in response as he sat down and held his arm out while Dawson hooked him up to the various machines. She then quietly instructed Casey; "Just talk quietly and be nice and calm." She patted him on the back as she went to figure out what was going on with the rest of the people, who seemed to have begun to clear out.

"How ya feeling?" Casey knew it was a dumb question but he needed to start the conversation somewhere.

"Horrendous." Vargas was not making it easy to get a conversation going.

"Care to elaborate?"

"I just feel like I'm stuck in this cloud. My chest hurts, I feel like I'm going to pass out, I can't breathe." Casey saw Vargas' heart rate rise.

"That sounds pretty horrendous. Do you know what triggered it?"

"I'm pretty sure I just can't shake the feeling that not everyone is going to make it out." Vargas' heart rate had steadied but was still high.

"Would it make you feel better if I radioed Chief and asked how things were going, it looks like things are wrapping up out there?"

"It's worth a shot."

I radioed in to the Chief; "How're things going out there?"

He responded quickly "Going good. Everyone is safe, your guys are out. They are just helping with triage and clean up." Casey felt relieved when he saw Vargas' heart rate dip slightly.

"That makes me feel better."

"Looks like it- your heart rate dipped. That's a good thing." Casey smiled.

The two sat and talked for a few minutes as Casey continued to be pleased looking at Vargas' vitals that were slowly going down. Dawson came to check on things. "How's everyone doing?" When she came in she closed to ambulance doors, surprising Casey.

"Pretty good. His vitals are stabilizing and he seems to be feeling better. Are you?" He asked Vargas who was still attached to the machines.

"Not back to normal yet but the worst of it is over." He confirmed.

"Well you're looking good. Everyone's getting ready to leave; you are welcome to stay in the ambulance for the ride home if you want to. But the guys will ask why of course, everyone is asking about you already. I haven't said anything and if you decide not to tell them I won't say anything, neither will Shay, but we are both always on your side."

"I think I want to just ride back in the truck." Vargas nodded and went to stand up as Casey followed.

Just like Casey expected he and Vargas were mobbed as they reached the truck. A chorus of concern and confusion came from the member of Truck 81 immediately. "He's fine, he's fine, he just wasn't feeling well so they had to check it out, but he's fine." Casey tried to keep his men away from Vargas so they didn't overcrowd him.

"You sure you're ok Vargas?" Hermann asked, still concerned about his friend.

"Yes, I feel a lot better." Vargas answered with a smile. "Let's load up." He opened the door then climbed up to his usual seat and everyone followed besides Hermann who stayed behind to talk to his lieutenant.

"Just keep an eye on him." Casey told him before he could say anything.